¨¨¨¨:~^*@@ @@*^~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~^*@@# #@@*^~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~^*@@## ##@@*^~:¨¨
¨:~^*@@### ###@@*^~:¨
¨¨:~^*@@## ##@@*^~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~^*@@# #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# #@@*^~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~^*@@ ####¨~~ fermi's paradox ~~¨#### @@*^~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~^*@ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# @*^~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^* *^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^ on earth (the planet where i live) a ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ lot of us have antennas on our houses ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: or balconies, we have built large :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ antennas for larger bandwith, we have ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^ build specialized antennaes for ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^* specific wavelengths (and sent them *^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~^*@ into orbit), we've built large as fuck @*^~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~^*@@ antenna arrays @@*^~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~^*@@# we've virtually built an antenna with a #@@*^~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~^*@@## dish as large as earth. ##@@*^~:¨¨
¨:~^*@@### ###@@*^~:¨
¨¨:~^*@@## we've learned about our position in the ##@@*^~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~^*@@# solar system, our solar systems #@@*^~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~^*@@ placement in the galaxy, and our @@*^~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~^*@ galaxys placement in the local cluster, @*^~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^* and ~our~ local clusters place in the *^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^ grand scheme of things ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: and we're moving around the sun at :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ velocity and the suns moving around the ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^ center of the galaxy at velocity and ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^* the galaxy is moving toward andromeda *^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~^*@ and we're both moving anticlockwise @*^~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~^*@@ around the galaxy. and we as a species @@*^~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~^*@@# have learned to take all that in account #@@*^~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~^*@@## ##@@*^~:¨¨
¨:~^*@@### and despite all this, despite all our ###@@*^~:¨
¨¨:~^*@@## (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar ##@@*^~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~^*@@# radio programmes out in fucking space #@@*^~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~^*@@ at the speed of light (light is our @@*^~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~^*@ medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), @*^~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^* despite ghosts helping and the *^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^ collective consciousness lowpass ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ filtering, despite our very obvious ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: beaming of all our secrets in every :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ direction known to us, ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^ ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^* no ¨ one ¨ has ¨ answered *^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~^*@ @*^~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~^*@@ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# @@*^~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~^*@@# ####¨~~ fermi's paradox ~~¨#### #@@*^~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~^*@@## #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ##@@*^~:¨¨
¨:~^*@@### ###@@*^~:¨
¨¨:~^*@@## so why is that? ##@@*^~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~^*@@# #@@*^~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~^*@@ most opponents to intelligent life in @@*^~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~^*@ the universe say it's because you need @*^~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^* a class one-or-the-other star and the *^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^ planet needs to be at a see-and-so ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ distance away from the star (like there ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: has to be a planet!) :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^ but really isn't that keeping the ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^* definition of life really lax? *^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~^*@ @*^~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~^*@@ i think everyone agrees that we have no @@*^~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~^*@@# idea what we're doing (and it probably #@@*^~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~^*@@## shows) ##@@*^~:¨¨
¨:~^*@@### ###@@*^~:¨
¨¨:~^*@@## #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ##@@*^~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~^*@@# ####¨~~ fermi's paradox ~~¨#### #@@*^~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~^*@@ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# @@*^~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~^*@ @*^~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^* i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette *^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^ this year and try to snatch some beers ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ from the local beer thing ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^ ^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^* *^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~^*@ @*^~:¨¨¨¨¨